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Cooking demo flyer image featuring an Edo-period merchant building in Sawara. Text promotes Hot Pot Cooking Demo, January 24

Japanese Recipes — Hearty Miso Soup

Our latest cooking demo featured Hearty Miso Soup, a comforting donabe-style dish that highlights Japanese recipes rooted in warmth, balance, and seasonal ingredients. Simmered gently with vegetables, seafood, and miso, this soup reflects the heart of Japanese home cooking.

Cooking demo flyer featuring the floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture. The image captures the gate at sunset with the tide in and a deer in the lower left corner, reflecting the tranquil beauty of Japan’s coastal landscape. Text: Cooking Demo, Sat Nov 1st, 2025, 5:30 PM.

Japanese Recipes — Sukiyaki

Our November 1st cooking demo featured Sukiyaki, a comforting hot pot from Japan prepared Kansai-style in a donabe. This beloved dish balanced sweet and savory flavors through a simmering blend of soy sauce, sugar, sake, and tender beef—showcasing the warmth and harmony of Japanese recipes.

Cooking demo flyer featuring the Peace Pagoda at Naritasan Shinshōji Temple in Chiba, Japan. The image shows the pagoda’s red and gold tiers framed by greenery. Text: Cooking Demo, Sat Oct 11th, 5:30 PM.

Japanese Recipes — #1 Hokkaido Salmon Hot Pot, Ishikari Nabe, #2 Japanese Hot Pot Rice Porridge, Ojiya

Our October 11th demo featured a two-part donabe experience — Ishikari Nabe, a salmon hot pot from Hokkaido simmered in miso-butter broth, followed by Ojiya, a soothing rice porridge created from its remaining broth. Together, they captured the spirit of Japanese recipes: simple, nourishing, and beautifully complete.

Cooking demo flyer featuring Okayama Castle in Okayama, Japan, with its dark wooden façade and tiered rooftops framed by autumn foliage. Text: Cooking Demo, Sat Oct 4th, 5:30 PM.

Japanese Recipes — Tōbanjan Chicken Pineapple & Rice Donabe

Our October 4th demo featured a colorful Japanese recipe layered with sweet, savory, and nutty depth — Tōbanjan Chicken Pineapple & Rice Donabe. This comforting rice dish pairs marinated chicken, pineapple, and vegetables in a sesame-fragrant donabe for a cozy, tropical-inspired meal.

Cooking demo flyer with a Japanese garden scene showing a pond, greenery, and a bridge. Text: Japanese Recipes, Sat, Sep 20th, 5:30 PM.

Japanese Recipes — Shrimp & Kabocha with Sesame Miso Hot Pot

Our September 20th demo featured a comforting Japanese recipe: Shrimp & Kabocha with Sesame Miso Hot Pot. Layered with nutty miso, earthy mushrooms, sweet kabocha, and briny shrimp, this dish shows how donabe cooking brings out balanced, seasonal flavors.